I have a bunch of vinyls and nothing to play them lmaowhat record player should I get?pic related (audio technica 120) seems reasonable?I'm interested in ripping to flac but desu don't really understand what makes models inherently different or better than one anotherI come from craving the certainty and perfection of digital but mostly bought the vinyls because they just felt more collectable
Get a crosley anon
>>106446498Don't buy a new table. Take my advice and get a liner tracking table, they are no longer made new but liner tracking not only reduces wear and tear on the record, but the ones that take the T4P cartridges need no alignment at all, the cartridge is self-aligning. This alone is an incredible and amazing thing.The other benefit is the CD-like control that linear tracking tables offer. Close the lid, hit play, or even random or select an individual track and the tonearm will seek to it. No fiddling with dropping the needle right on the right spot, no protractors.My advice is a Technics brand linear tracking table, because the belts are easy to find and would probably need replacement. It's very very easy.They are starting to go up in price because people are getting clued in to them more thanks to the Internet.
I also think they keep the record cleaner, you HAVE to close the lid to play with a linear tracking table (in general) and with a normal table it's too easy to leave the lid off because it's a pain. Vinyl records build up significant charge while in play (depending on formulation, some do, some seem not to) and this will act like a tractor beam and suck in all dust and deposit it in your grooves.
>>106446526i already spent hundreds on vinyls i'm not bothered by spending like 500 on a player>>106447099seems like a bit of a rabbit hole in terms of models
>>106447099>Don't buy a new table. Take my advice and get a liner tracking table,SL-10 (pictured) are super cool (I owned one, as well as other Technical linear trackers), however...>liner tracking not only reduces wear and tear on the record, This is absolute bullshit. And vintage linear trackers are often full of problems or they work fine until they don't anymore. They also don't sound better than a comparable conventional (pivoted) turntable at the same price level.>but the ones that take the T4P cartridges need no alignment at all, the cartridge is self-aligning. Learn to align a cartridge, bro. The problem with T4P is that the variety of available cartridges is too low and most of them are entry-level or mid-level stuff.
>>106447259>and with a normal table it's too easy to leave the lid offget a turntable with a hinged lidkek
>>106447331>seems like a bit of a rabbit hole in terms of modelsNope just pick any, they're all good. All the Technics ones are fine.T4P models are also likely to be fine because many have a Technics mechanism with some other company's guts.>>106447533>SL-10 (pictured) are super cool (I owned one, as well as other Technical linear trackers), however...Me too.>This is absolute bullshit.Nope, wrong. There's almost no torque. With a conical diamond and a conventiional turntable with the pivoting arm, the pressure increases on the outside groove the further the needle moves toward the inside. With an elliptical diamond the situation is worse in that you have several points where you're wearing out the "right hand" inside slope of the groove faster than the left.By contrast as I'm sure you know, the linear tonearm moves inwards at a fixed rate as it plays, and the diamond is centered on the groove.>And vintage linear trackers are often full of problems or they work fine until they don't anymore. No, just the belt. That's literally the only failure point.>They also don't sound better than a comparable conventional (pivoted) turntable at the same price level.Yes they do.>Learn to align a cartridge, bro. I know how, I prefer not to. There's no benefit to it when using a linear tracking turntable, which is superior.>The problem with T4P is that the variety of available cartridges is too lowYou don't need a huge variety of cartridges nor does cartridge autism help. The $40 AT T4P elliptical measures up there with the special gold laquer Japanese ones which are made by a 90 year old man one at a time for $62,000 each.>>106447544You will find yourself leaving it open.
>>106446498go to literally any thrift shop and buy one for 5$
Oh BTW OP is an SL-15 which is like an SL-10 but with track seek etc. like a newer Technics linear such as the SL-J6 etc.It's probably one of the rarest and nicest decks out there. SL-10 owners know how heavy that deck is for the size.
What a shit thread.
>>106447099Not sure I agree on the linear tracking argument, though I do think vintage is better than new when it comes to turntables, which is practically a lost art now looking most of what's on the market now. P-mount/T4P turntables are a good, idiot-proof option for beginners as well. I have a fully automatic Technics P-mount table myself
how is the torque on the AT120s compared to technics sl1200?
>>106446498There is nothing on vinyl worth listening to. Because it's an awful format that sounds like dogshit.Tape, and then CD, were massive improvements to audio quality, vinyl under optimal conditions with an expensive machine, stylus, brand new disks, not a speck of dust anywhere, will still sound like garbage.If you have some super rare original recordings you need to convert to flac that haven't been re-released 80 times on CD, send them to some autist who has spent his life savings on pre-amps and pay him 20 bucks to run through the stack for you. It's fine to collect this garbage because you're a braindead consumer and you want some neat looking shelf ornaments or you really like reading the inserts, but listening to vinyl is a dull experience and the magic wears off in about 20 seconds. If you need a record player in case the ladies come over and you want to impress them by showing off a dead format only boomers still listen to, buy the cheapest pile of shit you can find from the 70s or 80s that's still marked as working, ideally with a couple of crappy speakers.
